Datsun 620 Galavan New member introduction.

[ValveFloater 16]

Hello, happy to be here on Ratsun. I just wanted to show my new project. I have already used this forum many times and I thought I may as well join.

 

My father drove a built 510 2 door when I was a kid. He told me how Nissan had design licensing from Mercedes-Benz to use on the L20 engines. Even from todays standards they are still a great engine. I had a 620 in high school that I abused terribly for years and sold it still running good! My son is 20 years old now and lives in Utah. He just sold his KA swapped 510. Datsun cars and trucks have been in my life for a long time. Now I am older and single I was looking for a Chinook camper to take on bicycle touring trips. I ran across this on eBay bought it and now am working on sorting her out. I named her Gypsy.

Edited August 2, 2018 by ValveFloater
Adding pictures

[]2eDeYe 9,609]

Welcome aboard, looking forward to pics of your prize. :cool: 

[Draker 15,456]

Welcome!!

[FrankRizzo 823]

High!

[Yellow 22]

Sup dude!

[ValveFloater 16]

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[datzenmike 39,398]

Links suck, I want instant gratification (like a millennial) so post the pictures...

 

[Charlie69 6,064]

Photobucket sucks!  LOL

Edited August 25, 2018 by Charlie69

[ducky 37]

i had issues posting my own pictures, on my first thread, so i understand the pain of not knowing. Please tell me you're gonna keep, or get a new, star wars sun shade.

[ValveFloater 16]

[ValveFloater 16]

[ValveFloater 16]

[ValveFloater 16]

Well, I have been chipping away at this project and thought I would post some update photos. I have used this site many times to help me move forward with questions as they arise. I really appreciate the documentation some members have posted. 

 She purrs like a kitten. I live in Austin in an apartment. My Datsun was impounded. I bailed her out and moved her to a friend's house in San Antonio, about 80 miles away. This is what I do on my days off and a year later she lives. I am currently painting her but as you can tell I am learning on the way. Now that it is at a more interesting stage I will update more often. 

 I am posting some pics of some 620 trucks I found at an old junkyard in Seguin, Texas. Thank you for looking and sharing!

[ValveFloater 16]

[daretzcouple 28]

Ya should have grabbed those tow mirrors on the Golden one in the last pic and that grill. Some people love those mirrors for some reason

[ValveFloater 16]

6 hours ago, daretzcouple said:

Ya should have grabbed those tow mirrors on the Golden one in the last pic and that grill. Some people love those mirrors for some reason

 You should see this place. There were so many amazing cars there. As you can probably guess there were many more vintage Toyotas there than Datsuns.

   The guy who owns it is in his 80's or 90's. Junkyard are no longer allowed in that area but he is grandfathered in until he passes away. I was lucky enough to get a windshield wiper cowl and the plastic dashboard insert around the gauges and radio insert. I was there looking for a hood and possibly a Hitachi D4K distributor. His pricing is all over the place but leans on the high side. He has lots of classic American cars that are very rare/ valuable. I was happy to give him a $100 bill for both of my items. That place has acres of cars and I found Datsuns scattered all over the place. He has school busses full of parts and I did find a few D6K's in the dizzy bus. Makes me want to go back and look again.

  I reluctantly installed a Hot Spark distributor but just holding it in my hand I could tell the quality was low. 

 

 

[ValveFloater 16]

When I first bought it.

[ValveFloater 16]

Found this on the web of my exact camper. A photographer snapped this photo of the previous owner camping at a music festival at the Pecan Grove RV park Barton Springs in Austin Texas. He was selling these prints. 

[ValveFloater 16]

[ValveFloater 16]

[NC85ST 93]

Cool truck. Nice work.

[ValveFloater 16]

[yenpit 390]

Very cool!  Haven't seen many Datsun campers that small.  😎

[NC85ST 93]

Nice work. It’s looking good.

[ValveFloater 16]